I run from feelings Become numb Dealing with hardships, ever since a young gun Dealing drugs on the corner where I come from The building, I'm posted out front with the drunk bums chilling Police be prowling the cold streets They eyeing out Eye and I Trying to stay low key in hiding Sold keys, dividing the proceeds Providing for groceries Trying to meet our own needs surviving Fuck being litty my life gritty Fuck being pretty my style gritty Ain't nothing sweet Fuck feeling pity, my mind gritty I do whatever I got to To make it in my city Fuck being litty my life gritty Fuck being pretty my style gritty Ain't nothing sweet Fuck feeling pity, my mind gritty I do whatever I got to To make it in my city My lost soul has battled On crossroads I've traveled Paths that were bumpy, full of potholes and gravel Had to regroup, almost lost hope while staring Down the dark hole of a long loaded barrel Life sucked as young-ins We got stuck while drugging Some of us ended getting locked up for thugging Moms pissed, bugging For all the shit Ive done in my younger years No one could have stopped me for nothing Fuck being litty my life gritty Fuck being pretty my style gritty Ain't nothing sweet Fuck feeling pity, my mind gritty I do whatever I got to To make it in my city Fuck being litty my life gritty Fuck being pretty my style gritty Ain't nothing sweet Fuck feeling pity, my mind gritty I do whatever I got to To make it in my city